The Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Office of Justice & Peace Ministries will hold a reflective two-mile walk on Friday that will challenge participants to take notice of people living on the margins.

The 36th Annual Ecumenical Good Friday Pilgrimage (Urban Way of the Cross) will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, beginning at the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 48 Martin Luther King Dr. S.W.

The theme is “Do you see me? What will you do?”

Participants will gather at 8:45 a.m. at the church and the walk begins at 9 a.m.

There will be an opening reflection by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, then walkers will journey to the crypt of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.. There will be time for reflection and closing prayers.

Buses will be available at the end of the pilgrimage to take walkers back to the church.

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